Woodland Apple Pie | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Name: Woodland Apple Pie | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Ingredients: 400 grams plain flour (plus extra for dusting); 1 teaspoon sea salt; 200 grams cold unsalted butter (grated, plus extra for greasing); cold water for mixing; 1 kilogram mixed cooking apples and eating apples - whatever you have to hand - (peeled, cored and quartered - from 1.5kg unpeeled); 3 tablespoons demerara sugar (plus extra for sprinkling); 1½ teaspoons ground ginger; 2 - 3 tablespoons calvados; 1 egg yolk mixed with a couple of drops of milk for glazing; 300 millilitres creme fraiche; 25 millilitres calvados; 2 - 3 tablespoons icing sugar

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To create a woodland look, I used leaf and flower cutters to make the pattern on top of this pie. Then I rolled small pieces of pastry to make the 'stems'.

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Halloween
Partytime
Comfort
Fun
Sociable
Sweet
Nut Free
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Ingredients

400 grams plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
1 teaspoon sea salt
200 grams cold unsalted butter (grated, plus extra for greasing)
cold water for mixing
1 kilogram mixed cooking apples and eating apples - whatever you have to hand - (peeled, cored and quartered - from 1.5kg unpeeled)
3 tablespoons demerara sugar (plus extra for sprinkling)
1½ teaspoons ground ginger
2 - 3 tablespoons calvados
1 egg yolk mixed with a couple of drops of milk for glazing
300 millilitres creme fraiche
25 millilitres calvados
2 - 3 tablespoons icing sugar